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Submitted: 5/18/21 • Approved: 5/19/21 • Last Updated: 5/22/21 • R419685-G419684-S3
J.D. “Dave”
1889-1941
Father
Mary Lue
1880-1947
Mother
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary J. D.
The body of J.D. Barrage [sic], 53, who is reported to have been killed in an automobile accident yesterday morning near Springfield, Mo., is being brought to Borger and funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Assembly of God church. The Rev. J.A. Thomas will officiate.
Details of the accident could not be learned immediately.
Beside the wife, Barrage [sic] is survived by two daughters, Mrs. M.L. Smith of Wink, Mrs. E. Huffhines of Roxana; four step-children, Mrs. Rosie Harmon, Mrs. Willie James, Mrs. Laura Cox, all of Borger, and G.E. Cornell of Portland, Ore.
Interment will be in Highland cemetery, under direction of the Powell Funeral Home.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, May 5, 1941)
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: James David Burrage
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 15 Feb 1889
Birth Place: Texas
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place: Latimer County, Oklahoma, USA
Physical Build: Stout
Height: Tall
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Grey
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: James David Burrage
Birth Date: 15 Feb 1889
Birth Place: Texas
Death Date: 4 May 1941
Claim Date: 26 Aug 1941
Notes: 25 Nov 1977: Name listed as JAMES DAVID BURRAGE
*Obituary Mary
Mrs. Mary L. Burrage, 68, Borger resident for 20 years, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Everett Huffines near Skellytown late Monday morning.
She is survived by four other daughters, Mrs. Laura Cox of Borger, Mrs.H. Hoppe of Lefors, Mrs. M.L. Smith and Mrs. C.R. Jennings, both of Odessa; a son, George Cornell; 23 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at the Blackburn-Shaw-Brown Funeral Home chapel at 3 p.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Smith of Skellytown officiating. Interment will be in Highland Park cemetery.
(Published inn Hutchinson County Herald, October 10, 1947)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Mary Lue Burrage
[Mary Lue Harbin]
Birth Date: 29 Aug 1879
Birth Place: Arkansas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Skellytown, Carson, Texas
Father: Harbin
Age at Death: 68
Death Date: 6 Oct 1947
Death Place: Skellytown, Carson, Texas, USA
Contributed on 5/18/21
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